Laptop Screen Messes Up

This started about a year ago, it never dropped or damaged, it eventually fixes itself after 30 minutes, but every time I turn it back on it happens again, any idea what's wrong and how to fix it? Also, if I plug my laptop into the TV, everything is normal on the tv, even if it isn't on the laptop

That definitely looks like a damaged LCD panel. But you are saying it fixes itself after 30 minutes??
That's very weird. Do you see a similar effect on the post screen? (you know, when you see the dell logo, after pressing the power button)

_Glitch said:

That definitely looks like a damaged LCD panel. But you are saying it fixes itself after 30 minutes??
That's very weird. Do you see a similar effect on the post screen? (you know, when you see the dell logo, after pressing the power button)

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No, it doesn't happen on the post screen, as soon as it loads to put in my password to log on it happens

Then its a driver issue if it happens once you enter your password and windows loads. Uninstall current driver and install latest version.

johnb35 said:

Then its a driver issue if it happens once you enter your password and windows loads. Uninstall current driver and install latest version.

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Did that already, reset everything, still happens

so if you totally uninstall the driver and just boot does it work correctly? If thats the case, then its still a video card issue.

I'll agree with Johnb. Sounds like a driver issue.
But i have actually had an issue similar to that, were i deemed it a hardware issue. (i work at a school were i am mainly fixing employees and students computers. Just in case you wanna know)
Simple graphics like bios and what not worked fine. But as soon windows launched, it f*cked up.
I then tried a live version of Lubuntu, and the same thing happened.
It's was like, as soon as the GPU was asked to deliver more complex graphics than a static image, it broke down.

Are you up for trying a live linux OS? This will rule out any windows driver issue.
Problem is, it might take a little knowledge of computers to get it working. We will help you along the way ofcause, but it's not an easy task for computer illiterates.

I was writing during JohnB's last post, so i didn't see it.
It does indeed sound like a hardware issue. (as i stated) But this test will confirm it.